Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
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NEXT BEST THING
for him-he ruff your peace of mind
! When he says that you are not forgiven
soul, when he ssys that you are not right
J with God, when he says that you will
never get to heaven, he lies. You sre
| just as sure Of heaven as though you
+ were there already. But Satan, finding
that he cannot keep you out of the prom
ised land of Canaan, has determined that
the spies shall not bring you anY of the
Eschol grapes beforehand, and thst you
shall have nothing but prickly pear and
crab-spple. You are just as good now
under the cloud as you were when you
were accustomed to rise in the morning
at 5 O'Clock to pray and sing "Hallelui4h,
tits done!" My friends, Rev. DR. Joseph
II. Jones Of Philadelphia, q translated
spirit now, wrote book entitled: ''Man,
Moral and Physical" in which he shows
how different the same things may appear
to different people. He says: "After
the great battle on the MiDcio in 1859,
between the French and Sardlnians on
on the other, so disastrous to
followed by the victors. a description
of the march of each army is given By two
correspondents Of the London Times, one
of whom travelled with the successful
host, the other with the defeated. The
difference in views and statements OF the
same place, scenes and events, is remark
sble. The former are said to be march
ing through a beautiful and luxuriant
country during the day, and st night en-
camping where they are supplied with an
abundance of the best provisions, and sill
sorts of rural dsinties. There is nothing
of war about the proceeding except its
stimulus and excitement. On the side of
the poor Austrians il is just the reverse.
In his letter of the same date, describing
the same places and march over the
same road, the writer csn scarcely find
words to set forth the suffering,
IMPATIENCE AND DISGUST
existing around him. What was pleasant
to the former was intolera lie TO the lat
ter. WHAT made all this difference? asks
the journalist. One condition only: The
French are victorious, the Austrians have
been defeated. The contrast may convey
distinctive idea OF the extent to which
moral impressions affect the efficiency of
the soldier"
So, my dear brother, the road you are
travelling Is the same you have been
travelling long while, but the difference
in your physical conditions makes it look
different, and therefore the two reports
you have given Of yourself are as widely
different as the reports in the London
Times from the two correspondents.
Edward PaysoD, sometimes so far up on
the Mount that it see ed as if the centri-
petal force Of earth could no longer hold
him, sometimes through physical disor-
der was so far down that it seemed as If
the neither world would clutch him.
Glorious William CoWper was as
good as good could be, and will
be loved in the Christian church
as long as it sings his hymn beginning
"There is fountain filed with Blood"
and his hymn beginning: "Oh, for q
closer walk with God," and his hymn be-
ginning: "What various hindrances we
meet" and his hymn beginning: "GOd
moves in mysterious way" Yet 50 wss
he overcome Of melancholy, or black bile,
that it was only through the mistake OF
the cab driver, who took him to wrong
place, instead OF the river bank, that he
did not commit suicide
Spiritual condition so nightly affected
by the physical state, what great Op-
pOrtunity this gives to the Christian
physician, for he can feel at the same
time both the pulse of the body and the
pulse of the soul, and he can administer
to both at once, and if medicine is needed
he can give that, and il spiritual counsel
is needed he cangive that-an earthly and
divine prescription at the same time
and call on not only the
APOTHECARY OF EARTH.
but the pharmacy OF heaven. Alb, that is
the kind of doctor l want at my bedside
when l get sick, one that can not only
count out the right number Of drops, but
who can also pray. That is the kind OF
doctor have had in my house when sick
ness or death came. l do not want any
of your pFofigate or stheistic doctors
around my loved ones when the balances
of life are trembling. A doctor who has
gone through the medical college, and in
dissecting room has trsversed the wonders
| of the human mechanism, and found NO
God in any of the labyrinths, is fool.
and cannot doctor me or mine. But, Oh
the Christian doctors! WI at comfort
they have been in many of our house.
holds. And they ought to have & warm
place in our prayers, as we'll as praise on
cur tongues. Dear old DR.. Skillman
My fsther's doctor, my mothers doctor
in the village home. He carried
all he condolences of all the
families for ten miles around
We all felt better as soon as we saw him
enter the house. His face pronounced q
| bestitude before he said word. He
welcomed all Of US children into life, and
he closed the old peoples eyes when they
entered the last slumber. think l know
! what Christ said to him when the old doc
| tor got through his work. 1 think he was
greeted with the words: "Come in, doc
tor. l was sick and ye visited mel"
bless God that the number Of Christian
| physicians is multiplying, and some Of
| the students of the medical colleges are
| here to-day, and L hail you and | bless
you, and l ordain you to the tender, beau
tiful, heaven descended work Of q Chris
| tian physician, and when you take your
diploma from the Long Island Medical Col
Iege.to look after
THE PERIsHABLE BODY
| DE sure also to get diploma from the
skies 10 look after the imperishable soul
Let all Cnristisn physicians unite witt
ministers Of the gospel in persusding
good people that it is not because God i:
| against them that they sometimes fee
| depressed. but because OF their diseased
body. 1 suppose David, the psalmist
was no more pious when he called er
everything human and angelic, animate
and inanimate, and from snowflake tc
hurricane, TO praise God, than when hs
said: "Out of the depths OF hell have
criod unto Thee n Lord - or that ,Jafe-